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For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto , more than I? (KJV)

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כִּ֣יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 1

מִ֥יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 2

יֹאכַ֛לyo.Khalwill he eat

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 3

וּמִ֥יu.Miand who?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 4

יָח֖וּשׁya.Chushwill he enjoy

Lemma: חוּשׁ (chush) · Strong's: H2363B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to enjoy

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2363B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 5

ח֥וּץchutzoutside

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: outside

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 6

מִמֶּֽנִּי\׃mi.Me.nifrom me

Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: from

Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 2:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
apart from	→	חוּץ H2351 outside
Him	→	מִן־ H4480A from
who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can eat	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
and who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can find enjoyment	→	חוּשׁ H2363B to enjoy

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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